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<p> </p><p>Currently, there is no specific return and reintegration package for those
who <br>have received a positive Conclusive Grounds decision and wish to return home.
<br>The Assisted Voluntary Returns package is available to nationals of non-EEA <br>countries.
Where possible and appropriate to do so, the Government will work <br>with host countries'
Government agencies to ensure that the victim receives <br>adequate support.<br><br>Information
pertaining to the countries to which victims returned via the AVR <br>programme is
not collated centrally and would require a detailed examination of <br>case files
in order to extract such data.<br><br>Between January and March 2014, The Salvation
Army recorded that 30 <br>individuals, in their care, returned to their country of
origin. These were:<br><br>Country of Origin Count <br>China 1<br>Czech Repubulic
2<br>Hungary 3<br>Latvia 3<br>Lithuania 4<br>Poland 1<br>Romania 9<br>Slovakia 4<br>Sri
Lanka 1<br>Congo 1<br>Uganda 1<br>Grand Total 30<br><br>Care and support for victims,
once they receive a positive Conclusive Grounds <br>decision is being considered as
part of the review of the National Referral <br>Mechanism and as part of the re-tender
of the Government's victim support <br>service.</p><p> </p>
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